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Some families are just built for the spotlight, even if they don't realize it.

Reagan Rice Mott-Smith and her four sisters learned over the summer exactly how a certain daytime game show has stayed on the air since 1976. "Family Feud" puts potential spotlight-ready families through a rigorous selection process before they ever see the inside of a studio.

Mott-Smith and her sisters — all of whom were raised in Tallahassee — met each challenge head on. The group of five will make its nationwide debut 7:30 p.m. Monday during the season premiere of "Family Feud" after impressing producers and comedian-turned-game-show-host Steve Harvey himself.

"Family Feud" pits colorful families against each other to see which group can accurately guess the most popular answers in 100-person surveys.

"We filmed for about an hour and 15 minutes," Mott-Smith said. "We have no idea what they're going to put on there because we did some crazy things. They don't really tell you what they're going to keep in or edit out."

The five sisters are Mott-Smith, 38, Shelley Dodson Roden, 40, Christina Dodson, 37, Whitney Usina, 36, and Lauren Haney, 31. Mott-Smith, who is also a mother of four, said they originally decided to try to be on "Family Feud" after Usina suggested submitting an audition tape during last Thanksgiving. That tape showcased what Mott-Smith said was the family's "quirky" nature.

The quirky audition tape included a lip-sync to the popular Sister Sledge song "We Are Family," a choreographed dance to Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" and nicknames for each woman.

"We're five sisters and we range between 30 and 40 years old," she said. "We're all extremely different personality and looks-wise. We're all best friends. We're all competitive, even against each other. We're feisty and outgoing. It's probably what the producers liked so much."

Usina said the original audition tape was made for fun because the sisters were together for Thanksgiving, and that she never expected to be chosen to audience for the show, let alone actually make in on the air. She added that getting on television wasn't guaranteed even after making it to the studio in Atlanta.

"It was nerve-wracking because they made it clear that about four or five families were going to go home without even being taped," she said. "We had a final audition we weren't even aware of. We got up there and kind of owned it."

The final audition included a stand-in for the show's host, Steve Harvey. Mott-Smith said meeting the Emmy Award-winning host after getting past the final audition was even more nerve-wracking than trying out for the show.

"We were very starstruck," she said. "When (Harvey) actually comes out, it's loud and there's dancing and he's so energetic. He doesn't mess up even once. The only time they had to stop filming was when the buzzer wasn't working. He was very natural and super nice."

Since the family has such deep roots in Tallahassee, Usina and Mott-Smith said more than 100 people are planning on coming to a Monday watch party for the show at Madison Social. Usina, a mother of four who is also a physical education teacher at Montford Middle School, said even her students are aware their teacher will be on a national game show.

All five women said they are nervous for the nation to see them on television.

"All of us are from Tallahassee," Mott-Smith said. "Somebody always knows one of us. People know a lot of our quirks and the things we do. I'm kind of nervous."

She added with a laugh, "I don't know why we're doing this viewing party, but it's done and now people are going to see it. We should have seen what it looked like first."

If you watch

The Tallahassee family will be on the season premiere of "Family Feud" at 7:30 Monday on NBC.